Crypto-politics
U.S. endowment funds are looking at crypto investments as bitcoin soars and Donald Trump draws attention to the industry. Updated Feb 10, 2025, 12:06 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 10, 2025, 11:51 a.m. UTC What to know: Franklin Bi, a general partner at Pantera Capital,…
Utah cleared its digital assets bill through the state house, and Kentucky and Maryland introduced their own efforts, making it 18 states working on such bills. Feb 7, 2025, 9:03 p.m. UTC What to know: Utah is now two steps away —…
Caroline Pham, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief tapped by President Donald Trump, is hosting a CEO summit on one of her longstanding policy aims. Updated Feb 7, 2025, 7:37 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 7, 2025, 4:20 p.m. UTC What to know: Acting Chairman…
Last May, Pertsev was sentenced to 64 months in prison for money laundering. Updated Feb 7, 2025, 2:14 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 7, 2025, 8:37 a.m. UTC What to know: Pertsev was released Friday after a Dutch court suspended his detention on condition of…
The industry's U.S. banking crisis may be retreating as a second congressional committee sheds light on how crypto businesses have been treated by regulators. Feb 6, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC What to know: A Thursday hearing in the House of Representatives on…
The country's central bank is also looking at whether or not to add bitcoin to its reserves. Feb 6, 2025, 6:07 p.m. UTC What to know: Czech President Petr Pavel signed a bill on Thursday exempting crypto users from paying taxes on…
The fine was levied by the FIU-IND last week. Feb 6, 2025, 4:42 p.m. UTC What to know: Bybit has registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit after paying a $1 million fine. The FIU imposed the fine on the crypto exchange last…
Caroline Pham, the agency's acting chairman, is scheduling an experts roundtable to reset the CFTC's course on this "sinkhole of legal uncertainty." Feb 5, 2025, 11:11 p.m. UTC What to know: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission was so far along in its…
FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill said the agency is overhauling its crypto approach, just as U.S. senators examined regulators keeping banks out of crypto. Updated Feb 5, 2025, 6:00 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 5, 2025, 5:43 p.m. UTC What to know: The Federal Deposit…
According to the blockchain analytics firm, less than half of recorded ransomware attacks resulted in victim payments. Updated Feb 5, 2025, 12:51 a.m. UTCPublished Feb 5, 2025, 1:00 p.m. UTC The ransomware business took a hit in 2024, with payments falling 35% year-over-year,…
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement is being reorganized to “refocus” on fraud prevention. Feb 4, 2025, 10:03 p.m. UTC U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham said Tuesday the regulatory agency has reorganized its enforcement division to “refocus” on…
Peirce also urged crypto companies to be patient as the agency decides how to “disentangle” itself from litigation initiated under former Chair Gary Gensler. Updated Feb 4, 2025, 9:47 p.m. UTCPublished Feb 4, 2025, 9:17 p.m. UTC The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s…